Weather

Flood Watch issued August 05 at 3:55AM CDT until August 06 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS

Effective: 3:55 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013

Expires: noon on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013

...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY....MOISTURE WILL AGAIN STREAM INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL THROUGHSOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. THIS MOISTURE WILL BE TRANSPORTEDNORTHWARD OVER A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHTWITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVY RAINWILL MOVE OFF INTO MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY....FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAYMORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EASTCENTRAL KANSAS...ANDERSON...COFFEY...FRANKLIN...GEARY...LYON...MORRIS...OSAGE AND WABAUNSEE. IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...DICKINSON AND OTTAWA.* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE WATCH AREATONIGHT...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED WITHLOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST TOFALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL ANDFLOODING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVYRAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND WORSEN THEONGOING FLOOD SITUATION.